Today is the 30th anniversary of Anita (Casa Austria) arriving in Lanzarote for the very first time. All those years ago Anita was running her own restaurant in Germany and it was when she asked two very regular customers why she had not seen them in such a long time that they told her all about Lanzarote and Charco del Palo the land and house they were building, so Anita decided to check it our herself.

So it was 30 years ago today that Anita travelled to Lanzarote on her own. She told me this morning that it was very scary not knowing where the Taxi was taking her and travelling alone down what was then a dirt track to Charco del Palo, you can imagine how nervous and scared she must have felt. Anyhow she made it safely to La Tunera where she was welcomed by Helmet and this is where she stayed for one week while she had a good look around Charco del Palo for some land to build what is now Casa Austria.

After the week was up Anita flew back to Germany to speak with her partner and tell him that she had found the perfect parcel of land. So in 1985 it was all action stations, with architect drawings and planning permissions and by 1987 they were ready to start building and in August 1989 Casa Austria was finished.

One other anniversary coming up for Anita is on the 6th April and this time she celebrates living in Charco del Palo for 25 yrs.